Pail for oysters



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JAMES WV. KNIGHT, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA.

PAIL FOR OYSTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581 ,028, dated April20, 1897. Application filed June 27, 1896. Serial No. 597,127. (Nomodel.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES W. Knrenna citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Anderson, in the county of Madison and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pails forOysters, &c. and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Theobject of my invention is to produce a pail for oysters, &c., whichcan be made from heavy paper or strawboard, and which can be tightlysealed or closed on the top by a folding-lap joint formed on the ends ofthe flap extending the full width of the bucket centrally under thebail.

Another object of my invention is to combine with said bucket andfolding-lap joint a metal clasp firmly anchored to the sides of thebucket and adapted to engage the said folding laps and to serve as abrace to hold the flaps down in position, each side of the laps therebystrengthening the bail-support and making a lateral brace of the foldedlaps, which prevent the bucket from collapsing or bulging when it isfilled and supported by the bail.

The features of my invention will be more fully set forth in thedescription of the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a plan View of the blank from whichthe bucket is made. Fig. 2'is a central vertical section of the bucket,showing the flaps open. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bucket,showing the flaps folded and fastened by the clasp. Fig. 4 is a planview of the metallic clasp, and Fig. 5 is a central vertical sectionalView on a line with the bail.

A represents the blank with the lines scored for allowingtheblank to befolded into bucket form.

a represents that portion of the blank which forms the bottom of thebucket; b 1), two of the sides thereof; 0 c, the remaining sides.

cl (1 d (1 represent the outside parts of the V-shaped side foldingflaps, and e e e 6 represent the inside portion of said V-shaped sideflaps. The sections d e are folded together on the scored lines f.

g h represent top flaps which fold over each other from each of thesides d d.

The cover is formed by the flaps i 2', which are folded over in theusual manner, and the vital feature of my invention consists in themanner in which the two parts of the cover are connected at the centerand secured by means of a simple device, which combined form a stiff andreliable brace for the cover and upper portions of the vessel,effectually preventing collapse without resorting to additionalattachments other than may of necessity be required in this form ofconstruction. One of the flaps'i is scored across near the end,providing a lap k, which, when the cover is in position, is turned upand remains vertical to the plane of the cover, extending from side toside of the body of the vessel. The other flap 2' is scored on twoparallel lines providing the lap l and extended lap m. When this part ofthe cover is in position, the laps Z on are turn ed upward against thelap k, and the lap m is then turned down over the lap 10, thus coveringthe joint at the top of the vertical portions.

An essential element of my invention is the clamp, Fig. 4, made offlexible metal in the form of a T, having the bar n and leg 0, thelatter having a perforation r to receive the hook of a bail. I11 somecases instead of the exact form shown I form the bar it with the endsturned upward at a slight angle. The leg 0 of the clamp is insertedthrough the slots 19, pierced in the flaps,as shown in Fig. 1, and whichwhen folded are brought into the same plane and opposite the bail.

Q represents the bail, the hook ends w of which are passed through thepaper and through the perforation r in the leg 0. They thus anchor theclamps in position. When the laps are brought together, as shown in Fig.3, the wings of the clamp n are bent around and engage the vertical lapsZm. The lower edges of the wings of the clamps rest on the flaps 'b' andthe clamps being anchored to the sides hold these flaps down. The lapsZm 7c are held together by the clamps, and they form a lateral braceacross the bucket from side to side and prevent thebucket from bulgingor collapsing when suspended by the bail.

These elasps are readily attached and detached, allowing the bucket tobe readily opened and closed, and they securely hold the laps togetherand form a close or sealed joint for the bucket-coven and hence a paperbucket is obtained which can carry liquids without danger of the bucketcollapsing or spilling the liquid.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a paper Vessel, the combination, with the body or sides formed ofa blank scored and bent into shape, the extended ends of two of whichsides form the cover, of the upturned lap 7r integral with one portionof said cover; the folding-over double lap in Z integral with theopposite portion of said cover, said folding-over lap inclosing saidupturned lap; the clamps formed of a flexible metallic piece at havingan integral Vertical leg 0 in which is a perforation 1', said legs beinginserted through suitable slots in the sides of said yessel at the endsof said vertical lap, and the ends of said clamp-piece being benttogether one at each side of the ends of said foldingover lap so thatthe lower edges of said ends press against the tops of said cover, witha bail having suitable hooked ends passing through the perforations insaid legs and through suitable perforations in the sides of said vessel,whereby said clamp is secured, substantially as and for the purposesshown and described.

2. In a folded paper VGSSGl, the combination with the two-part cover, ofthe upturned lap integral with one of said parts; the doublefolding-over lap integral with the other of said parts, said double lapbeing folded over and covering the upper edge and both sides of saidupturned lap; the clamp having the approximately horizontal portion andthe leg integral therewith, the ends or wings of said clamp being benttogether embracing the two sides of said folding-over laps and the loweredges of which bear against the top of said coyer, and means wherebysaid legs may be secured to the body of said vessel adjacent to the endsof said upturned laps substan tially as shown and described for thepurposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES \V. KNIGHT.

\Yitnesses:

J NO. S. TIIL'RMAN, E. T. SILYIUS.

